p16 status, pathologic and clinical characteristics, biomolecular signature, and long-term outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas of unknown primary

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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to report associations between p16 status, clinicopathologic characteristics, and outcomes for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP).

METHODS: Specimens of squamous cell CUP were reanalyzed. Human papillomavirus (HPV) status was determined by p16 stain. A tissue microarray (TMA) was constructed to evaluate biomarkers potentially prognostic in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

RESULTS: A majority of the population (n = 26; 74%) was p16 positive (+). Prognostic factors benefiting survival were p16+ status (p < .0001), absence of macroscopic extracapsular extension (ECE; p = .004), younger age (p = .01), and higher grade (p = 0.007). The prognostic implication of worse overall survival (OS) with macroscopic ECE (p = .009) remained significant when limited to patients who were p16+ (p = .002). Exploratory TMA between unknown primary and controls suggested a biomolecular difference between squamous cell CUP and known-primary cancer.

CONCLUSION: The majority of patients with squamous cell CUP were p16+, indicative of HPV association. P16 staining and ECE seem to be the most prognostic features in squamous cell CUP.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Head & neck - 36(2014), 12 vom: 11. Dez., Seite 1677-84

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Keller, Lanea M [VerfasserIn]
Galloway, Thomas J [VerfasserIn]
Holdbrook, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Ruth, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Donghua [VerfasserIn]
Dubyk, Cara [VerfasserIn]
Flieder, Douglas [VerfasserIn]
Lango, Miriam N [VerfasserIn]
Mehra, Ranee [VerfasserIn]
Burtness, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Ridge, John A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
CDKN2A protein, human
Concurrent chemotherapy
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
Extracapsular extension (ECE)
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Journal Article
Neoplasm Proteins
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Tissue microarray
Unknown primary

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.07.2015

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/hed.23514

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM231599579